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Don’t lose these three Tweets in the social media hurricane that is the aftermath of the United States men’s national team’s 4-0 loss to Costa Rica in World Cup qualifying.

While most expect Jurgen Klinsmann to hang onto his job despite the 0-2 start to the Hex, the final round of World Cup qualifying for CONCACAF, reports say US Soccer may have had a fallback plan if the Yanks lost tonight.

Also in Germany’s second flight? Terrence Boyd is at RB Leipzig, Bobby Wood is at Union Berlin, Andrew Wooten is at Sandhausen, and ex-U.S. U-20 man Caleb Stanko is at Freiburg.

It’s fairly clear that Kitchen wants to ply his trade overseas, and we’d like to see more established players stick their feet in the water if it means a clear upgrade in competition level with legit hopes for playing time.

What happened with the possible Kljestan deal from Anderlecht? You seemed all set to sign him.

“We had a trade in place. We had budget room and space to be able to do it. We had all of our ducks in a row. We were positioned to sign a player. I won’t go into detail and just say forces within the league worked real hard to make sure that didn’t happen.”

Why?

“Because they are children and there have to be adults in the process, and we didn’t have enough of them. I think we are back into the old days in the league when the rules are somewhat arbitrary. Hopefully we will get that straightened out in the offseason.”

You traded defender Kofi Opare to D.C. for a high position in the allocation order with the intent to sign Kljestan, right?

“We were going to add a player.”

And boom goes the dynamite.

Arena is angry, and it makes sense. The league’s rules have been a little, well, difficult to understand. Some would say they play loose with them. And if you want to read Arena’s thoughts on Jermaine Jones ending up in New England instead of his reportedly-preferred destination of Chicago, you should definitely head inside.

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Washington Post’s Steven Goff continues to beat the drum for the imminent return of DaMarcus Beasley to Major League Soccer, and now the reporter has more or less ruled out four clubs.

Meanwhile, Beasley spent the weekend attending an Indy Eleven game and celebrating “DaMarcus Beasley Day” in his hometown of Fort Wayne, Ind., where he was honored for becoming the first American to appear in four World Cups.

Beasley, 32, was put up for sale by Puebla in May after a frustrating season that saw him and his teammates protest a lack of paychecks. He then showed up for Jurgen Klinsmann’s USMNT squad with a World Cup performance that was solid, perhaps adequate at worst.

And after Tweeting on Monday that Beasley’s return to MLS was coming, Goff has eliminated four teams from the sweepstakes. One of those teams is his last stop in MLS, Chicago, where he left for PSV Eindhoven in 2004.

Awaiting official word on @DaMarcusBeasley‘s MLS destination. Barring late change, it won’t be CHI, RSL, DCU or Orlando.

Beasley would almost certainly be a Designated Player — even at his age, he’s coming off a well-paying Mexican gig — but his destination is less concrete. Remember: just because a team has a player you like at his position doesn’t mean they don’t consider Beasley an upgrade.

The winger/back told the Fort Wayne News Sentinel that he would “literally play almost anywhere.”

Goff said Beasley might not be slated for allocation, but if he did things would likely be spicy in the trade market. With Toronto holding the No. 1 spot in allocation and three DPs, it would seem likely GM Tim Bezbatchenko would trade his priority slot.

Columbus sits second, but has promising Waylon Francis at left back and Michael Parkhurst next to him. If Beasley, as he’s quipped, is going to make it hard on Klinsmann to deny him an ‘improbable’ 2018 World Cup slot, then it would make sense for DB to play, well, LB.

Montreal could see Beasley move into the lineup ahead of Krzystztof Krol and San Jose might see him as an upgrade over fellow 32-year-old Jordan Stewart. Chicago could use him but the Fire seem to think he’s too pricey.

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As quietly as you can report a story that a Premier League starlet could be finding his way into the red, white and blue of the USMNT, The Washington Post reported that Gedion Zelalem was in the United States to become a naturalized citizen this weekend.

At the time, Arsenal said Zelalem withdrew in order to concentrate on his work with the club’s under-21s. That may well have been true, but international eligibility also seemed to have played into the decision.

Zelalem is eligible for a U.S. passport through the Child Citizenship Act of 2000, which “serves to facilitate the acquisition of U.S. citizenship of the foreign-born children of U.S. citizens – both biological and adopted – who did not acquire citizenship at birth.”

In other words, because he is under age 18, he would automatically become a citizen when his father becomes a citizen. His father, Zelalem Wolydes, was a medical technician in the Washington area, and despite joining his son in London, maintained U.S. permanent residency. At some point, he began pursuing citizenship. His application has apparently been approved, and both arrived in Washington in recent days to finalize the process.